diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 91a8a09..c68b9c4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,16 @@
 > This project uses [Break Versioning](https://github.com/ptaoussanis/encore/blob/master/BREAK-VERSIONING.md) as of **Aug 16, 2014**.
 
+## v2.9.0-RC3 / 2015 May 29
+
+> This is a non-breaking **stability release**
+
+* **Implementation**: more robust error handling for unthawable records
+
+```clojure
+[com.taoensso/nippy "2.9.0-RC3"]
+```
+
+
 ## v2.9.0-RC2 / 2015 May 6
 
 > This is a non-breaking **performance release**
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 12ef1dd..686c5f2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 ```clojure
 [com.taoensso/nippy "2.8.0"]     ; Stable
-[com.taoensso/nippy "2.9.0-RC2"] ; Dev, please see CHANGELOG for details
+[com.taoensso/nippy "2.9.0-RC3"] ; Dev, please see CHANGELOG for details
 ```
 
 # Nippy, a Clojure serialization library
diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index d650b12..9b3ec96 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(defproject com.taoensso/nippy "2.9.0-RC2"
+(defproject com.taoensso/nippy "2.9.0-RC3"
   :author "Peter Taoussanis <https://www.taoensso.com>"
   :description "Clojure serialization library"
   :url "https://github.com/ptaoussanis/nippy"